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Commonly Confused

Its vs. It's

Some practical guidance, and interesting history, about a common mistake.

Some practical guidance, and interesting history, about a common mistake.

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Its vs. It's

 

Some practical guidance, and interesting history, about a common mistake.

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Is 'none' singular or plural?

 

Or both? Or neither?

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Video: Why is there a 'c' in 'indict'?

 

And who put it there, anyway?

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How a Ghost Word Appeared in the Dictionary

 

An imaginary word that snuck into the dictionary

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On Contractions of Multiple Words

 

You all would not have guessed some of these

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Hot Mess

 

Our research turned up two archaic literal meanings

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Healthy vs. Healthful

 

Why both words are equally good for you.

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Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
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Little Words, Big Vocabulary Quiz Time to sweat the small stuff.
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